Former American Idol contestant Haley Smith, 26, dies in motorcycle crash – AOL

Haley Smith, a faded “American Idol” contestant, died on Saturday morning at the age of 26, TMZ reported on Tuesday.

The singer passed away in Millinocket, Maine, after crashing her motorbike in a one-vehicle wreck. In step with the outlet, “Police bid it appears to be like she did not web a though-provoking turn alongside a residential dual carriageway that turns trusty into a dual carriageway in determined sections. Police bid she modified into as soon as pronounced useless at the scene.”

Haley’s father, Mike Smith, informed TMZ, “Haley modified into as soon as utilizing on a country dual carriageway and her family believes a deer might maybe’ve precipitated the accident — as he implied she modified into as soon as a upright rider, and in express that they doubt she simply misplaced administration of her bike.”

Haley auditioned for season 11 of the hit Fox existing at the age of 18, with a rendition of Rufus and Chaka Khan’s “Elaborate Me Something Fair.” She went on to web it to Hollywood, clearly impressing judges, Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler.

Comments bear been flooding her audition video on YouTube: “I got to know Halley the previous few months and she’s going to be a good deal missed,” one particular person wrote.

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